David Brody is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Orot College of Education, Israel.Yuwei Xu is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK.Kari Emilsen is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Queen Maud University College (QMUC), Norway.Laetitia Coles is Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland, Australia.

• Part 1: Researching Young Children's Perspectives on Their Teachers' Gender in a Global Con-text 1. Introduction 2. A cross-cultural theoretical framework for understanding children’s perspectives of gender in early childhood education and care (ECEC) across countries 3. Methodology for an international collaborative project Part 2: Case Studies across the Global South and North 4. Chinese young children’s perspectives on gender and their teachers in a high-socio-economic-status kindergarten 5. “He Plays, and She Teaches”: Perspectives of Brazilian children on their teachers in ECEC 6. Challenges and Opportunities: The politics of gender in South African Early Child-hood Education and Care 7. “One paints the caravan, and one stays out of the caravan”: Children’s perspectives of their educators’ gender in an Australian ECEC service 8. “She is a medic. She was a medic in the army”: Children’s silence on their teachers’ gender in an Israeli forest kindergarten 9. How do young Turkish children perceive the gender of their teachers? A case study 10. Exploring the (co)construction of non-binary gender patterns: the Norwegian case 11. “She is pretty and sparkly; he is a good teacher” Is it the teacher or their gender that counts? England case study 12. “Because He’s My Second Favorite Teacher”: A New York City (NYC) Case Study Exploring Children’s Perceptions of Their Teachers’ Gender Part 3: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 13. Cross Country Analysis: How contexts shape children’s perspectives of their male and female educators 14. Insights and the importance of (researching) children’s perspectives on gender

David Brody is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Orot College of Education, Israel.Yuwei Xu is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK.Kari Emilsen is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Queen Maud University College (QMUC), Norway.Laetitia Coles is Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland, Australia.

• Part 1: Researching Young Children's Perspectives on Their Teachers' Gender in a Global Con-text 1. Introduction 2. A cross-cultural theoretical framework for understanding children’s perspectives of gender in early childhood education and care (ECEC) across countries 3. Methodology for an international collaborative project Part 2: Case Studies across the Global South and North 4. Chinese young children’s perspectives on gender and their teachers in a high-socio-economic-status kindergarten 5. “He Plays, and She Teaches”: Perspectives of Brazilian children on their teachers in ECEC 6. Challenges and Opportunities: The politics of gender in South African Early Child-hood Education and Care 7. “One paints the caravan, and one stays out of the caravan”: Children’s perspectives of their educators’ gender in an Australian ECEC service 8. “She is a medic. She was a medic in the army”: Children’s silence on their teachers’ gender in an Israeli forest kindergarten 9. How do young Turkish children perceive the gender of their teachers? A case study 10. Exploring the (co)construction of non-binary gender patterns: the Norwegian case 11. “She is pretty and sparkly; he is a good teacher” Is it the teacher or their gender that counts? England case study 12. “Because He’s My Second Favorite Teacher”: A New York City (NYC) Case Study Exploring Children’s Perceptions of Their Teachers’ Gender Part 3: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 13. Cross Country Analysis: How contexts shape children’s perspectives of their male and female educators 14. Insights and the importance of (researching) children’s perspectives on gender

David Brody is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Orot College of Education, Israel.Yuwei Xu is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK.Kari Emilsen is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Queen Maud University College (QMUC), Norway.Laetitia Coles is Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland, Australia.

• Part 1: Researching Young Children's Perspectives on Their Teachers' Gender in a Global Con-text 1. Introduction 2. A cross-cultural theoretical framework for understanding children’s perspectives of gender in early childhood education and care (ECEC) across countries 3. Methodology for an international collaborative project Part 2: Case Studies across the Global South and North 4. Chinese young children’s perspectives on gender and their teachers in a high-socio-economic-status kindergarten 5. “He Plays, and She Teaches”: Perspectives of Brazilian children on their teachers in ECEC 6. Challenges and Opportunities: The politics of gender in South African Early Child-hood Education and Care 7. “One paints the caravan, and one stays out of the caravan”: Children’s perspectives of their educators’ gender in an Australian ECEC service 8. “She is a medic. She was a medic in the army”: Children’s silence on their teachers’ gender in an Israeli forest kindergarten 9. How do young Turkish children perceive the gender of their teachers? A case study 10. Exploring the (co)construction of non-binary gender patterns: the Norwegian case 11. “She is pretty and sparkly; he is a good teacher” Is it the teacher or their gender that counts? England case study 12. “Because He’s My Second Favorite Teacher”: A New York City (NYC) Case Study Exploring Children’s Perceptions of Their Teachers’ Gender Part 3: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 13. Cross Country Analysis: How contexts shape children’s perspectives of their male and female educators 14. Insights and the importance of (researching) children’s perspectives on gender